Penpa Tsering elected president of Central Tibetan Administration

Penpa Tsering elected president of Central Tibetan Administration
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Last Updated: May 14, 2021, 02:51 PM IST
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More than 83,000 Tibetans living in 26 countries participated in the third and final round of voting for the election to the post of Sikyong on April 11.
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The first directly elected president of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) was Lobsang Tenzin, who was elected on August 20, 2001.
Penpa Tsering, former speaker of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, has been elected as the president of the Central Tibetan Administration based here, officials said on Friday.
Tsering secured 34,324 votes to secure the post of ‘Sikyong' (political leader), whereas Kalsang Dorjee Aukatsang won 28,907 votes in the recently held polls, said Chief Election Commissioner of the Tibetan government-in-exile, Wangdu Tsering Pesur during an online press briefing here.

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